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yPETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK- 



Also called 

 " Blue Spirsea." 



One of our specialties. The list 

 we offer cannot be excelled. No 

 garden is complete without a col- 

 lection of Verbenas. 

 Beauty of Oxford. Deep pink. 

 Glow-worm. Crimson. 

 Invincible. Bich purple. (Seecut.) 

 Iona. Deep pink. 

 Lerona. Dark red, large flower. 

 Miss Arthur. Scarlet. 

 Mrs. Cleveland. White. 

 Mrs. James. Pink, striped white. 

 Negro. Dark maroon. 

 Neptune. Lilac, striped white. 

 Perfection. Bright pink. 

 Snow Storm. White, dwarf habit 

 Summit. Light purple, white eye 

 WhiteBeauty. Pure white, very fine 

 ■Willie Desmond. Bright scarlet. ™ 



Price, 10c. each ; any 6 for 50c. ; set 



flRDY SHRUBBY VERBENA. 



(Caryopteris Mastacanthus.) This very valuable hardy autumn-bloom- 

 ng shrubby plant is easy to grow, and blooms abundantly. Flowers 

 an exquisite shade of azure blue ; blooms luxuriantly in the fall, from 

 September until heavy frosts, when flowers are scarce and hardly any- 

 thing is to be had in its color. It grows about two feet high, and 

 bears fragrant/eat/tered clusters of flowers along the stem, so that it is 

 preeminently adapted for cut flowers, the blooms remaining fresh days 

 after the3' are cut. It belongs to the same natural order as the Ver- 

 bena, and the foliage has a pleasant, spicy odor when bruised. Price, 

 20c. each, 3 for 50c, 12 for $2.00. 



A remarkably handsome and effective hardy 

 herbaceous plant for beds and borders. Grows 

 about 3 feet high, producing long spikes of bright blue flowers in 

 August, and lasting for weeks. 25c. each, $2.25 doz. 



V eronica S pjcata 

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This is identical 

 with the above in 

 everything butcolor, 

 which is pure white. 

 25c. each, $2.25 doz. 



J ritoma P fitzerii. 



A stately hardy 

 plant, eminently 

 effective for garden 

 and lawn decoration, 

 throwing up tall 

 spikes of showy flow- 

 ers during the late 

 summer and autumn 

 months. This new 

 variety is a marvel- 

 ous improvement 

 over the old well- 

 known " Bed Hot 

 Poker" plant. It is 

 a very free-blooming 

 sort ; spikes of pure 

 bright crimson, with- 

 out a tinge of yellow 

 or orange. It is ad- 

 mirable among other 

 flowers in loose 

 bunches, or in large 

 vases, and is now 

 largely used for deco- 

 ration by the best 

 florists of New York. 

 30c. each, $3.00 doz. 



of 15 for $1.00. 



Hardy Double English Violet. 



This Violet is entirely hardy, perfectly double, a deep violet-purple color and most 

 deliciously fragrant. It surpasses the well-known "Marie Louise" Violet in richness 

 of color, being many shades darker, and far excels it in its delightful odor ; this is one of 

 its greatest merits. It is entirely free from disease of any kind, will-grow and bloom in 

 any garden and in any situation. Nothing is more appropriate for cemetery plots than 

 the Hardy Double English Violet. (Seecut.) Price, 1st size, large-flowering clumps, 

 35c. each, 3 for $1.00, $3.50 per doz. Young plants, 20c. each, 3 for bOc., 7 for $1.00. 



WINTFR-FI fiWFRINP* VIOI FT Marf e Louise. This is the variety which is 

 H 111 I LIV I LVWLlVinVJ V1VJLLI. gl0 wn by the hundreds of thousands to supply 

 the cut-flower markets of the country. It is not hardy in the north. Color a rich purple, 

 flowers large and double, stem long and foliage a soft, rich, dark green. 

 Young plants, 10c. each, 75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 



SINftl F VIOI FT " Caufornia Violet." This has large single purple flowers, when 

 tJlliULLa V1V/LL1. we n g r0 wn as large as a silver dollar, and deliciously fragrant. 

 Large plants, 30c. each, 5 for $1.00. Small plants, 10c. each, 3 for 25c, 12 for $1.00. 



VINCAS. 



Vinca Major Variegata. A useful drooping plant for baskets and vases. Distinctly 



and irregularly bordered creamy white on a green ground. 

 Vinoa Elegans. Dark green border, centre sea-green, irregularly marked. 



Prioe, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. Large plants, 30c each, $3.00 per doz. 

 Vinca Minor Alba. (Creeping Myrtle.) Very hardy, will grow in shade, and splendid 



far cemetries. Pure white flowers. (See price below.) 

 Vinca Minor Cerulea. Similar to above in every respect, but has blue flowers. 

 Price, large clumps, 25c each. Small plants, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. 



TBITOMA PFITZEBH. 



